Publications by authors named "J F Whitfield"
Speech Kinematics and Perioral Muscle Activity Are Influenced by Stroop Effects.
J Speech Lang Hear Res
January 2025
Purpose: The current project aimed to examine the effects of two experimental cognitive-linguistic paradigms, the Stroop task and a primed Stroop task, on speech kinematics and perioral muscle activation.
Method: Acoustic, kinematic, and surface electromyographic data were collected from the verbal responses of 30 young adult healthy control participants in choice response, classic Stroop, and primed Stroop tasks. The classic and primed Stroop tasks included congruent and incongruent trials.
The Jordan-Wigner transformation permits one to convert spin 1/2 operators into spinless fermion ones, or vice versa. In some cases, it transforms an interacting spin Hamiltonian into a noninteracting fermionic one, which is exactly solved at the mean-field level. Even when the resulting fermionic Hamiltonian is interacting, its mean-field solution can provide surprisingly accurate energies and correlation functions.
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- The south coast of the UK has diverse habitats that support ground-nesting aculeate wasps and bees, primarily in sandy areas.
- A unique transition zone between Hard Cliff and Maritime Heath at Carn Du, Cornwall, showed a high diversity of over twenty species of these insects.
- The study, conducted in summer 2024, details the nesting species found and includes field photographs for illustration.
The race within a race: Together on the marathon starting line but miles apart in the experience.
Free Radic Biol Med
October 2024
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- The Olympic Games showcase the top athletes, whose extraordinary abilities in speed, strength, and endurance are often overlooked by casual fans.
- Endurance running, especially the marathon, allows for a unique comparison between elite and recreational runners, highlighting their vastly different experiences and physiological demands.
- The review emphasizes the biological advantages of elite athletes and discusses inconsistencies in sports science communication regarding the differences between top competitors and well-trained recreational runners.
Background: Persons experiencing homelessness (PEH) are vulnerable emergency department (ED) patients due to high rates of multi-comorbidity and mortality, as well as a lack of follow up care. Communication of test results pending at discharge (TPAD) is an important area of post-ED follow up care. We examined phone access, successful contact, and change in treatment among PEH and non-PEH with TPAD from the ED.
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